prey on
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Scammers prey on your fears, appeal to your compassion or tempt you with a too-good-to-be-true offer you don’t want to miss.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
While they can prey on domestic animals, they also help control disease-carrying rodents, and residents' attitudes towards them are mixed.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Brown tree snakes are known to eat other snakes in their native range, but there is little evidence that they frequently prey on one another in Guam.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Scammers often prey on older people, many of whom are lonely and don’t have a large network to bounce ideas off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Nor is it only the creatures that forage on the ground or those who prey on them that are endangered by the foliar spray ing of the elms.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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